Executive Director, FP&A

Amicus Therapeutics•Princeton, NJ

58d•$253,000 - $270,000

About The Position

Amicus Therapeutics is a global, patient-dedicated biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing, and delivering high-quality medicines for people living with rare metabolic diseases. Position Summary As a member of the Amicus Global FP&A team, the Executive Director, FP&A will partner with the R&D, US G&A & US Commercial departments to provide financial support and analytics that drive both strategic and operational decision making. This role will also have responsibility for consolidating global budgets / forecasts and variance analysis versus budgets and forecasts along with cashflow forecasting

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in an appropriate discipline, or equivalent financial management qualification, or experience is required
10+ years of experience in financial planning & Analysis or equivalent
Experience in budgeting / planning in pharmaceutical/Biotech clinical programs
Strong team leadership skills with a proven track record of team success
Leadership experience in a global environment with experience of working in cross functional projects
Strong business acumen with a business partnering mindset, always thinking about how Finance can help drive business
Pro-active and problem-solving attitude with customer focus
Ability to be flexible and highly motivated and the ability to multi task
Passionate about business excellence in a cost-effective environment
Passion for the job, dedicated to Amicus values
Accuracy and attention to detail
Excellent collaboration skills, including excellent verbal and written communication skills at all level

Nice To Haves

Pharma industry experience highly desirable
Experience working within a Global team an advantage

Responsibilities

Work closely with the members of the global finance team and partner with the business teams to prepare budgets and forecasts, monthly statements, strategic analysis and ad hoc analysis/reporting
Develop an in depth understanding of key business drivers of the Amicus business in order to communicate how these drivers impact the Amicus business and how these are to be reflected within the Amicus financial statements
Build relationships with business units heads and subject matter experts to become a trusted finance business partner to assist in accurate forecasting and strategic analysis
Work closely with wider finance teams to align accruals, contracts, purchase orders and invoices to ensure a high level of accuracy and comparison to budgeted amounts.
Consolidating the Global Forecast and Budget and variances to budget and forecast, working closely with the CFO, Global Finance Teams and SVP FP&A / Decision Support & Analytics to ensure optimal business delivery, timeliness and accuracy
Provide monthly reporting including P&L and cash variance analysis
Assist in the administration, maintenance, and development of PBCS software to support decision making and own the process of global consolidations within PBCS
Financial input is provided to all business decisions and financial analysis and modelling are completed to a high standard and in particular focus on
Identifying and explaining material budget vs actual variances by department
Leading preparation and presentation of a financial/ management package for review with the US
Performance Management (which encompasses both management reporting and financial planning
Support to individual managers regarding financial and business planning processes (Budget / Forecast)
Working with controllership team and business teams on month end accruals Reconcile and track headcount for US departments
may also support the Global FP&A team with additional ad hoc project and program management support.
Perform other duties assigned by supervisor.